The sufferings that fate inflicts on us should be borne with patience, what enemies inflict with manly courage.
THUCYDIDESRight, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.
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The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.
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Knowledge without understanding is useless.
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Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear.
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I dread our own mistakes more than the enemy’s intentions.
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The strength of an Army lies in strict discipline and undeviating obedience to its officers.
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I have often before now been convinced that a democracy is incapable of empire.
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But the prize for courage will surely be awarded most justly to those who best know the difference between hardship and pleasure and yet are never tempted to shrink from danger.
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